Comments for Eating Bees http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org The mental ramblings of Sanya Weathers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Eric http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5729 Eric Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:58:59 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5729 Just saw this today and laughed. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/drm-server-transition-to-make-some-ubisoft-games-unplayable-starting-tomorrow.ars The only people who will be able to play these games are ones who have cracked versions. Just saw this today and laughed.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/drm-server-transition-to-make-some-ubisoft-games-unplayable-starting-tomorrow.ars

The only people who will be able to play these games are ones who have cracked versions.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Anonymous http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5721 Anonymous Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:50:27 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5721 Use VideoLAN Classic. http://www.videolan.org/ It might not look great, but the fact that it will gleefully ignore all directives to block the user from skipping or fast-forwarding past the ads/warnings/etc makes it my favorite computer program to watch DVDs with. Use VideoLAN Classic.

http://www.videolan.org/

It might not look great, but the fact that it will gleefully ignore all directives to block the user from skipping or fast-forwarding past the ads/warnings/etc makes it my favorite computer program to watch DVDs with.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Cito http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5711 Cito Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:09:26 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5711 I could be called a pirate cause all the single player games I buy, I ALWAYS download a cracked exe to remove the DRM on the game. the game plays faster, cracked exe's often skip all the intro labels (seems games are doing like movies with all the freaking intro studio/publisher/etc label fade in/outs) I can make a backup copy of the game on an external usb hdd, and just move it over to the main hard drive to play, when done delete the folder and still keep the backed up copy with cracked drm exe on the usb hard drive. While people had problems with Ubisoft draconian DRM requiring always online to play, thankfully you could download 2 little files to turn off steam requirement and a cracked drm exe so you could enjoy the game the way you want to and not be required to play how they want you to. So as far as using DRM removing cracks on games, I guess I'm a pirate. I buy the game but for single player games DRM ruins performance, experience, and is way more buggy overall. I could be called a pirate cause all the single player games I buy, I ALWAYS download a cracked exe to remove the DRM on the game.

the game plays faster, cracked exe’s often skip all the intro labels (seems games are doing like movies with all the freaking intro studio/publisher/etc label fade in/outs)

I can make a backup copy of the game on an external usb hdd, and just move it over to the main hard drive to play, when done delete the folder and still keep the backed up copy with cracked drm exe on the usb hard drive.

While people had problems with Ubisoft draconian DRM requiring always online to play, thankfully you could download 2 little files to turn off steam requirement and a cracked drm exe so you could enjoy the game the way you want to and not be required to play how they want you to.

So as far as using DRM removing cracks on games, I guess I’m a pirate. I buy the game but for single player games DRM ruins performance, experience, and is way more buggy overall.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by xaldin http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5646 xaldin Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:19:48 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5646 Hm by the count I'm pretty sure we're up to like 11 not 8 but math is hard and all that so I could be wrong. Hm by the count I’m pretty sure we’re up to like 11 not 8 but math is hard and all that so I could be wrong.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Dave Rickey http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5644 Dave Rickey Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:00:35 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5644 I have a legitimate copy of every Disney and Pixar animated movie ever. Actually, I have multiple legitimate copies, both VHS and DVD, widescreen and 4:3, enough physical media to fill a refrigerator box. Even just one copy each of the DVD's is quite a stack, enough to fill a carry-on suitcase. And when it came time to make a 700 mile roadtrip with the 3 year old, I considered the alternatives of: A) Take said suitcase of DVD's, try to find the right movie in the confines of a moving vehicle crammed full of people and stuff, try to find the case for the one I'm taking out, try to get the child to stop screaming about how she wants the movie now-now-now while the filler plays.... B) Put a downloaded, pirated version of every single one onto a single SD card and pop it into her InnoTab tablet, letting her find what she wanted to watch herself and switch as often as she wanted. Maybe throw in a couple of dozen hours worth of her favorite TV shows as a bonus. And for the cherry on top, her favorite half-dozen music videos, the ones that have taken up permanent residence in the shadowy place in my brain I reserve for the really dark horrors I never want to see/hear again (did I mention the InnoTab has a head-phone jack?). I won't say which door I took. But presented with such a choice, which one makes more *sense*? --Dave I have a legitimate copy of every Disney and Pixar animated movie ever. Actually, I have multiple legitimate copies, both VHS and DVD, widescreen and 4:3, enough physical media to fill a refrigerator box. Even just one copy each of the DVD’s is quite a stack, enough to fill a carry-on suitcase. And when it came time to make a 700 mile roadtrip with the 3 year old, I considered the alternatives of:

A) Take said suitcase of DVD’s, try to find the right movie in the confines of a moving vehicle crammed full of people and stuff, try to find the case for the one I’m taking out, try to get the child to stop screaming about how she wants the movie now-now-now while the filler plays….

B) Put a downloaded, pirated version of every single one onto a single SD card and pop it into her InnoTab tablet, letting her find what she wanted to watch herself and switch as often as she wanted. Maybe throw in a couple of dozen hours worth of her favorite TV shows as a bonus. And for the cherry on top, her favorite half-dozen music videos, the ones that have taken up permanent residence in the shadowy place in my brain I reserve for the really dark horrors I never want to see/hear again (did I mention the InnoTab has a head-phone jack?).

I won’t say which door I took. But presented with such a choice, which one makes more *sense*?

–Dave

]]> Comment on Try Being a Guide, You… by John http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/the-wayback-machine/try-being-a-guide-you/#comment-5643 John Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:48:59 +0000 http://eatingbees.wordpress.com/?page_id=79#comment-5643 One other thing... I'd love to hear R. Lee Ermy say "nutless assmunch" just one time. One other thing… I’d love to hear R. Lee Ermy say “nutless assmunch” just one time.

]]> Comment on Try Being a Guide, You… by John http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/the-wayback-machine/try-being-a-guide-you/#comment-5642 John Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:47:35 +0000 http://eatingbees.wordpress.com/?page_id=79#comment-5642 I still go back and re-read this post every so often, and it's just as funny today as it was in the early days of EQ. Having gone through the recent SWTOR launch and listening to the same old whining, I posted this link to try to give some folks a ****ing clue. Love you, Sanya. You've made me laugh over, and over, and over. I still go back and re-read this post every so often, and it’s just as funny today as it was in the early days of EQ. Having gone through the recent SWTOR launch and listening to the same old whining, I posted this link to try to give some folks a ****ing clue. Love you, Sanya. You’ve made me laugh over, and over, and over.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Shaz http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5638 Shaz Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:24:20 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5638 I don't pirate. Have I downloaded copies of games? Yes. I did that because the DRM-laden copies I'd purchased DID NOT WORK, or worked very poorly and/or caused me great problems. Ergo, if I wanted to play the game I PAID for, I had to get a lovely, DRM-free pirated copy. I didn't want to pirate the game, but I didn't have much choice. And I feel positively no guilt over that. On the contrary- I'm *angry* that I had to do so. I love my Kindle, but I refuse to pay ebook prices equivalent to- or greater than- new release hardcover book prices. So I don't have any '#1 Bestselling' books on my Kindle, and it will remain so until the prices get reasonable... or they (as per your awesome idea) allow me to get, for free or for a minor charge, digital copies of the dead tree books I purchase. And re: movies... good grief, let me freaking skip ahead directly to the movie. I don't want to see your advertisements or be forced to watch commercials and/or previews for movies! I'm playing this disc because I want to WATCH a MOVIE. So let me get to it, and don't make me sludge through all that junk you tack on before the movie, especially if it's redundant previews for movies that might already have been out for years by the time I'm watching (or re-watching) the movie on the disc! All of these ways to annoy and aggravate customers for the sake of 'preventing piracy', which only serve to drive would-be customers to piracy to remove the annoyance and aggravation. I don’t pirate. Have I downloaded copies of games? Yes. I did that because the DRM-laden copies I’d purchased DID NOT WORK, or worked very poorly and/or caused me great problems. Ergo, if I wanted to play the game I PAID for, I had to get a lovely, DRM-free pirated copy. I didn’t want to pirate the game, but I didn’t have much choice. And I feel positively no guilt over that. On the contrary- I’m *angry* that I had to do so.

I love my Kindle, but I refuse to pay ebook prices equivalent to- or greater than- new release hardcover book prices. So I don’t have any ‘#1 Bestselling’ books on my Kindle, and it will remain so until the prices get reasonable… or they (as per your awesome idea) allow me to get, for free or for a minor charge, digital copies of the dead tree books I purchase.

And re: movies… good grief, let me freaking skip ahead directly to the movie. I don’t want to see your advertisements or be forced to watch commercials and/or previews for movies! I’m playing this disc because I want to WATCH a MOVIE. So let me get to it, and don’t make me sludge through all that junk you tack on before the movie, especially if it’s redundant previews for movies that might already have been out for years by the time I’m watching (or re-watching) the movie on the disc!

All of these ways to annoy and aggravate customers for the sake of ‘preventing piracy’, which only serve to drive would-be customers to piracy to remove the annoyance and aggravation.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Peter Davis http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5637 Peter Davis Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:07:59 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5637 Oh, hell yea I'd buy more books if I could get it delivered to my kindle as well as a paper version for anywhere near the current price of the paper version. I've in fact been buying far fewer books since I got my kindle, due to exactly what Wilhelm Arcturus pointed out. When I look it up on Amazon, and see the idiotic pricing it's just a turnoff and I end up just not buying the damn thing. Oh, hell yea I’d buy more books if I could get it delivered to my kindle as well as a paper version for anywhere near the current price of the paper version. I’ve in fact been buying far fewer books since I got my kindle, due to exactly what Wilhelm Arcturus pointed out. When I look it up on Amazon, and see the idiotic pricing it’s just a turnoff and I end up just not buying the damn thing.

]]> Comment on Dear Hollywood and Other Supporters of SOPA/PIPA by Tracey http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2012/01/17/dear-hollywood-and-other-supporters-of-sopapipa/#comment-5636 Tracey Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:40:09 +0000 http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/?p=462#comment-5636 NINE! There's NINE of us! Stop ignoring me! :-) Seriously, I was wondering today if there was some way we could use certificates in some way to use DRM to stop piracy. I'm not sure exactly how it would work but if I can carry a bank card that ensures that only I get access to my money and the bank is okay with that, why can't we figutre out how to make the media available but only readable with some sort of certificate? Logisitically, it would be ugly (at least initially) but once that is worked out, wouldn't it mean that we could forego the idea of policing the files, make them available anywhere and then only useable with an authenticated cert? Like I said, I haven't really worked out all the details but it would seem to be a way better solution to distribute and manage certs than to polices and inhibit the file copying. NINE! There’s NINE of us! Stop ignoring me! :-)

Seriously, I was wondering today if there was some way we could use certificates in some way to use DRM to stop piracy.

I’m not sure exactly how it would work but if I can carry a bank card that ensures that only I get access to my money and the bank is okay with that, why can’t we figutre out how to make the media available but only readable with some sort of certificate?

Logisitically, it would be ugly (at least initially) but once that is worked out, wouldn’t it mean that we could forego the idea of policing the files, make them available anywhere and then only useable with an authenticated cert?

Like I said, I haven’t really worked out all the details but it would seem to be a way better solution to distribute and manage certs than to polices and inhibit the file copying.

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